“Eric’s a prat, ignore him,” Bette muttered. In her honest opinion, Eric seemed like a nice guy that she wouldn’t really mind having him around. But seeing the hurt in Tina’s hazel eyes dampened her opinion about him. “Don’t let somebody else change your opinion about your body, ok? Well, unless it’s for the better I suppose.”

Tina nodded slowly then smiled, “You’re right! I won’t!”

Bette pulled her hand back and drifted to the side. This wasn’t right. She’d only just met the woman and here they were, naked, in a pool. It wasn’t so bad compared to other things that she’d done. Bette had met women and in ten minutes or less she had them in some alley, fucking.

“It’s getting cold, we should get out. Plus-” Bette stifled a fake yawn, “-tired!”

Tina was disappointed that it was cut short but nodded in agreement with Bette. She climbed out of the pool and grabbed her dress from the side. Once her front was covered, she turned back around to look at Bette.

“I’m going to head to bed then, I’ll see you in the morning,” Tina looked into the water for a sneaky peek but when she realised what she was doing, her eyes widened in horror and she rushed indoors.

Bette rested her head on the ledge of the pool and groaned, “This is going to be fun!” Bette muttered sarcastically.

^^^

The next morning, Bette woke up to the shrill ringing of the doorbell. She buried her face underneath her pillow to try and block out the sound, but the person on the other side of the door was very persistent. She threw back the covers and grabbed her robe.

Just as she reached her bedroom door however, the doorbell suddenly stopped. Somebody must have answered the door. Tina or Eric.

She ran her fingers through her hair in a poor attempt at taming it before slipping out into the hallway. Alice.

“Morning Alice, what brings you to my house at-” Bette glanced at the watch still wrapped around her wrist, “-half six in the morning?”

Alice ignored her and turned around to face the blond who’d answered the door. She grinned cheekily and corked her brows, in a flirtatious manner. But it seemed to have the opposite outcome that Alice was hoping to achieve. Tina narrowed her eyes at the sweaty blond as she pushed past her to join Bette in the kitchen.

“Have a nice sleep?” Tina asked curiously.

“It was great until my friend woke me up,” As she said friend, Bette scowled at Alice. “What about you? Did you have a nice sleep?” She walked to the fridge and removed two things, a bottle of water for Alice and a carton of orange juice for herself.

Alice snatched the bottle from Bette and gulped down the water, nearly finishing it off straight away. Bette reached into a cupboard above her to grab two clean glasses. “Would you like some orange juice?” Bette asked Tina as she poured herself a glass.

“Yeah, that would be great,” Tina happily took the glass once it was full and took a small sip. It tasted great. Why did orange juice taste even better here? Maybe it was because Bette served it? Tina thought sarcastically. “You’re Alice, right?” Tina mumbled in Alice’s direction.

“The one and only,” Alice once again tried her luck with a cheeky grin and her corked brows, but it didn’t work. This time it received a glare from both women. “I best be off, I am supposed to be at the Planet now. Meeting my lovely girlfriend Dana.”

Tina was a bit taken back by this statement. Not because Alice was gay, or bisexual, whatever, because she had a girlfriend. Bette picked up on the confused expression that flashed across the blonds face. Once Alice had left, she turned back around to explain to Tina.

“Alice flirts with everybody, I wouldn’t take it too seriously, she’s head over heels in love,” Bette informed her.

“What’s the Planet?” Tina asked. She didn’t really care about Alice’s love life.

“Oh, it’s this small café run by my sister, it’s nice, you should check it out.”

“How about lunch then?” Tina suggested as she walked towards the guest bedroom.

“It’s a date,” Bette called back.

It’s a date? Bette leant against the worktop and groaned in frustration.